Personal profile
Biography
Jeff Hyman has occupied full-time academic positions at Strathclyde University and as Professor of Management at the University of Aberdeen, where he is now Emeritus Professor of Employee Relations.
Recent publications include:
- Sustainable Work and the Environmental Crisis: The Link between Labour and Climate Change (2021), Routledge (with Chris Baldry)
- New glocal forms of financial participation, Glocalism: Journal of Culture, Politics and Innovation, 2021(1)
DOI: 10.12893/gjcpi.2021.1.4 - Employee Voice and Participation: Contested Past, Troubled Present, Uncertain Future (2018), Routledge.
Jeff is a member of the Organisations and Society thematic research group and has been a regular contributor to taught postgraduate teaching in the School of Management, including MN5481 Masterclasses in Human Resource Management.
Research overview
Jeff's main research and teaching interests over the past 40 years have been:
- employee participation and industrial democracy
- work-life balance
- future of work
- HRM.
More recently, these topics have been complemented by examining industrial relations and the green agenda, sustainability and just transitions along with some critical reflections on corporate governance.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
